1 Peter 1:8

1:8 You 1  have not seen him, but you love him. You 2  do not see him now but you believe in him, and so you rejoice 3  with an indescribable and glorious 4  joy,

1 Peter 2:12

2:12 and maintain good conduct 5  among the non-Christians, 6  so that though 7  they now malign you as wrongdoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God when he appears. 8 

1 tn Grk “whom not having seen, you love.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

2 tn Grk “in whom not now seeing…” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

3 tn Grk “in whom not now seeing but believing, you exult.” The participles have been translated as finite verbs due to requirements of contemporary English style.

4 tn Grk “glorified.”

5 tn Grk “keeping your conduct good.”

6 tn Grk “the Gentiles,” used here of those who are not God’s people.

7 tn Grk “in order that in what they malign you.”

8 tn Or “when he visits.” Grk “in the day of visitation,” denoting a time when God intervenes directly in human affairs, either for blessing (Luke 1:68, 78; 7:16; 19:44) or for judgment (Isa 10:3; Jer 6:15). This phrase may be a quotation from Isa 10:3, in which case judgment is in view here. But blessing seems to be the point, since part of the motive for good behavior is winning the non-Christian over to the faith (as in 3:1; also apparently in 3:15; cf. Matt 5:16).